Yu, Renqiu, 1955-

To save China, to save ourselves the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance of New York / [electronic resource] : Renqiu Yu. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1992. - x, 253 p. : Grayscale Illustration ; 24 cm. - Asian American history and culture. . - Asian American history and culture series. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Published 1992. Printed in the United States of America. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Chinese Laundrymen in New York City -- The Emergence of the CHLA -- The Alliance Is for the Laundrymen -- “To Save China, To Save Ourselves” -- “The People's Diplomacy” -- The Struggle Over a Penny -- Where Is the Gold Mountain? -- Conclusion.

“Laundry Song” by Wen I-to, p. v, from Twentieth Century Chinese Poetry by Kai-Yu Hsu. Copyright © 1963 by Kai-Yu Hsu. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. “Laundry Song” by Wen I-to, p. v, from Twentieth Century Chinese Poetry by Kai-Yu Hsu. Copyright © 1963 by Kai-Yu Hsu. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.



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Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance of New York--History.

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Laundry industry Chinese American in business